www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Michael Mcconnellhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/michael-mcconnell/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Michael Mcconnellen-usThu, 27 Oct 2016 06:18:00 -0400Just how important are presidential Supreme Court picks?http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/27/just-how-important-are-presidential-supreme-court-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Washington D.C. - Both major presidential candidates say that the future of the Supreme Court depends on this election &ndash; but how important is the Court to Catholics, and will the next president really shape it?<br><br></p><p>"It is certainly one of the most important things that a president does," said Professor ...Matt HadroThu, 27 Oct 2016 06:18:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/27/just-how-important-are-presidential-supreme-court-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAntonin Scalia's candor, humor recalled ahead of Supreme Court justice's funeralhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/18/antonin-scalias-candor-humor-recalled-ahead-of-sup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As the nation pays its respects to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday, friends and admirers say they will remember his combination of gregarious charm and matchless intellect that conservatives revered and many liberals couldn't help but respect.</p> <p>Whether he was writing for the majority or authoring ...Dave BoyerThu, 18 Feb 2016 20:22:07 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/18/antonin-scalias-candor-humor-recalled-ahead-of-sup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSWins, setbacks mark the path to same-sex marriage in Americahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/6/wins-setbacks-mark-the-path-to-nationwide-same-sex/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry, President George W. Bush declared support for a constitutional amendment "to protect the institution of marriage." Voters in more than half the states swiftly changed their constitutions to define marriage as the union of a man ...Mark ShermanMon, 06 Jul 2015 03:09:54 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/6/wins-setbacks-mark-the-path-to-nationwide-same-sex/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMughniyeh's death has U.S. on alerthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/feb/18/mughniyehs-death-has-us-on-alert/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> <I>ASSOCIATED PRESS</I> </p> <p> The U.S. intelligence chief said yesterday that internal Hezbollah groups or Syria may be to blame for the killing of a Hezbollah commander that has led the FBI to put domestic anti-terror squads on alert in the U.S. </p> <p> Director of National Intelligence Michael ...Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/feb/18/mughniyehs-death-has-us-on-alert/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAdministration defends FISA powershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/aug/8/administration-defends-fisa-powers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> President Bush's top intelligence adviser defended the recently updated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a letter to congressional leaders released yesterday, saying the law sets strict guidelines to guard against civil liberties abuses by the government. </p> <p> "These procedures have worked well for decades and eliminate from intelligence ...Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/aug/8/administration-defends-fisa-powers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS